TORONTO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- An 18-year-old man died after falling from and being struck by one of the floats in the Scotiabank Caribbian Carnival in Toronto.
The unidentified man, possibly from Mississauga, Ontario, was rushed to the hospital, but died from his injuries Saturday, the CBC reported.
"On behalf of the organizers, volunteers and revellers involved in today's Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival parade, we would like to express our heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of a young man who died in a tragic accident earlier today," said Denise Herrera-Jackson, head of the festival management committee.
"The Toronto police are conducting a full and thorough investigation and we will assist them in any way we can," she said
Carnival spokesman Stephen Weir said, "I'm personally shocked, but speaking on behalf of the festival, we as a group are mourning the loss of a young man."
"(The parade floats) do travel very slowly, but they're very heavy. Safety is a huge part of our pre-parade briefing," Weir said.
